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How to Hygge your garden

I’m not a gardener but somehow (subconsciously) I have managed to pull off a hygge inspired garden. Like I said a few posts back I am obsessed with creating cosy comforting spaces – simply because they immediately make you happy. It’s got nothing to do with material stuff it’s about creating experiences and memories that literally make you feel happier.

Here’s some tips for hygge-ifying your garden:

FIRED UP

Have a fire-pit. I am obsessed by fire, I’ve got an outdoor fire pit, an outdoor fireplace and a fire pit installed in the outside kitchen for Dutch oven cooking – I’m obsessed. Fire pits are fab, particularly in spring when there is a bit of a nip in the air. I sit outside wrapped in a squishy blanket transfixed by the flames with my cup of coffee or glass of vino. It makes me happy.

Photo: ELLE Decoration

THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAIL

Little touches bring gardens to life like ferns on tables, outside lamps, beautiful pots – oh and my bird feeder. We have quite a big bird family living amongst us and they get through a ton of wild bird food (I’m replenishing daily) – but I love their chirping and fluttering around.

Photo: My garden

CANDLES, CANDLES AND MORE CANDLES

Glass baubles are suspended from trees which I light weekend nights as dusk drops and the flicker and sway and look beautiful. Also festoon lights strung throughout the whole garden look amazing, their threaded amongst the trees running all the way down the cabin at the bottom – super snugly.

ADD SEATING AREAS

There are areas all over this garden for plonking, catching a few rays of winter sun and sometimes in places I hardly ever sit – by the side of the cabin for example. They look beautiful and cosy up the garden.

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Louise ,lots of greenery looks lovely against black,,I have been painting my fence black for some years now,,,and then lots of greenery,,and white arum lillies ,,it has taken 9 years to establish though,,,,the other thing fill pots near to your seating area,,I also have jasmine all over the garden,,smells delicious

Abigail, I so so need your advice….here’s where I’m at…we have what I call a “yarden” to our 130yr old house…….all the stones are finally down and all fences and walls painted black (yay)!! What I need help with is the greenery side of things as at the back fence and the left hand side we need height, and lots of it, as we are quite overlooked……oh and did I mention we can’t spend shed loads on this project!!….Any advice would be the most appreciated EVER! Cheers Abi, you rock! xx

Forgive the late reply – in terms of planting here is what I did. Black bamboo (cooler than normal bamboo) and if you water it regularly it grows fast and really tall especially if you feed it seaweed. Mile a minute is a vine that literally grows a mile a minute especially if you regularly water it. Our neighbours added an extension which I can’t stand so this vine covered it within a year. I also went for jasmine but that is slow growing (smells wonderful and honeysuckle also smells wonderful) plus some bay trees. Hope that helps, best of luck with it.